Quality of life in China rural-to-urban female migrant factory workers: a before-and-after study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Wei Jiang⁴  Xianhua Fu¹  Li Chen³  Hongling Yang²  Qingshan Geng³  Chunyan Zhu¹ 

[1] Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, P.R. China;Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou 510623, P.R. China;Department of Health of Guangdong Province, South Road, Guangzhou City martyrs on the 17th Provincial Health Office of the compound buildings, Guangzhou 510060, P.R. China;Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

关键词: China;    Before-and-after study;    Migrants;    Female;    Job satisfaction;    Health-related quality of life;   

Others  :  823435
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7525-11-123

 received in 2013-02-28, accepted in 2013-07-19,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Rural-to-urban female migrant workers have a lower quality of life compared to the general population. Improving these conditions remains highly challenging. This paper reports the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the female migrant workers in an educational project.

Methods

In this before-and-after study, a community-based health education intervention was developed to improve female migrant workers’ HRQoL and job satisfaction. A factory was selected as the location to implement the trial, using a before-and-after design. The education intervention included distribution and free access to study materials, monthly lectures, and counseling. The primary endpoint was HRQoL, and gynecological disease and job satisfaction were secondary endpoints. We assessed HRQoL at baseline and at 6-month follow-up using the Health Survey Short Form (SF-36).

Results

Compared to the baseline assessment, the participants at the 6-month survey reported higher General Health scores (standardized-β coefficients (Betas) of β = 0.056; P <0.001), Vitality scores (β = 0.066; P <0.001), Mental Health scores (β = 0.062; P <0.001), mental component summary scores (β = 0.040; P <0.001), and job satisfaction (Odds Ratio [OR] 2.104, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.837-2.408; P <0.01).

Conclusions

A community-based educational intervention, targeted at female migrant workers, appears effective in improving HRQoL and job satisfaction.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Zhu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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